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Post by Zoe Forward, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (canine/feline)   Are you the designated pet cleaner up-er in your household? When your dog poops on the floor or vomits up some disgusting half-chewed up toy or dead animal, does everyone wave their arms in the air and wail, “Mom…Misty puked!” Or my all-time favorite: “Eww! Callie peed on the rug again.”   Everyone other than you is paralyzed in the face of pet elimination. They are  enthusiastic about pointing out the mess, but then walk away in pride as if they’ve completed their job. You are left to deal. So, you close off all sense of smell and swallow that knot of disgust that’s churning your stomach and pull out the cleaners. Been there?   Have you ever had a rough day at work only to arrive home last and discover the pet disaster has been preserved just for you like a crime scene roped off with DO NOT CROSS tape? And, the mess is now crusted into an almost permanent new layer on the beautiful area rug. Maybe we’re th...

  Post by Zoe Forward, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (canine/feline) (Disclaimer: This is for entertainment) I’ve been at this job for almost fourteen years (I can’t believe it’s been that long either) and I’ve experienced the gross, the messy, and the smelly (to the point of throw your nose into mutiny smelly).   My family can attest to this as they are immune to the gross being discussed at the dinner table. In fact, my four year-old takes avid interest in diarrhea blow-out stories. I can’t say I’m proud of that, but it’s the first thing he asks to hear about when I come home. Due to his fascination with the subject, he recently declared his intent to follow in my footsteps into this profession – this coming from the kid that still isn’t sure about picking up a fishing worm. Well, maybe he’s got a bit of his mom’s “ick” on that. Even though I have a high tolerance for that which would make most think, “No way, I’m dealing with that,” every once in a while I’m hit with a true case of th...